Guess the location!

Wrong guess. It’s not Hisui’s birthday indeed, because, as you might remember from last years’ posts, hers is tomorrow the 12th. Actually, today is my gf’s birthday (and the proximity of the dates was NOT why I chose her). Consider this my ronery spamfest, without the embarrassing worshipping.

Well, I broke the ice already. Neko posted! How awkward. So… In a nutshell, Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! And stuff. …erm, right. I also owe you guys an apology, and perhaps a small explanation for my sudden but ever so recurrent AWOL.

Edit: Well, I thought I had scheduled this post for the 11th, but yeah it’s been a long time, WP, and it posted today, gg. Well, whatever. It’s the 11th! :V

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I Got you a Miko for your Birthday. Enjoy Responsibly.

I noticed that it’s the Solstice today, and that means it’s Neko’s Birthday. I believe that this means Neko is OVER 9000 today, and that he also is now king. Well, at least until the 22nd rolls aroun. So everyone, please wish this man a Happy Birthday today, because he deserves it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NEKO, AND MANY MORE!

Yatta!

Image byアキ (aki).

We couldn’t have dreamt of a better way to celebrate our move to a new host and domain than hearing the great news that neko’s thinkbox has been accepted into 9rules!
The results were out not even a day after the move, but there were still some formalities to take care of. All the better, since it took us a little while to get accustomed to this faster place… ;)

Whether the join requirements and the screening are (less) strict (nowadays), and whether 9rules is overrated or not is up for debate (not on my watch, though) but either way – we’re extremely proud to have made it through the 150 applicants (it was our first try, too!).
This has been the first recognition this blog has ever gotten in almost three years, too.

Hopefully, entering this new realm of blogging will be an even higher motivation to improve the quality (and frequency? ) of our content so we can entertain you, the reader, and hopefully get you thinking as well (without thinking too hard, this ain’t college). We love watching anime and write for fun, but we also love to hear your precious input, so please keep at it! It’s all part of broadening each others’ views, or something like that…. hum. Arr, I am not really a sucker for cheesy lines, so I think I’ll just skip the speech.

Thanks to the 9rules staff for taking their time to appreciate and acknowledge neko’s thinkbox, and, most importantly, a big thank you to all our (faithful) readers for staying with us!
We hope you will all enjoy reading this blog in the future, too. ;)

-nekosasu and Matt and…? (You shall be reminded that we are still looking for writers… :P)

So, I’m just back from my short trip to the UK (to check out the campus, my accommodation, and get a glimpse of the atmosphere overall), and I received some good and bad news upon arrival. Recruiting writers! More info after the jump.

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Yet another challenger appears!

Yet another challenger appears!

Honestly, I didn’t expect this to happen anytime soon, if ever again. But apparently, it is possible! From today on, Neko’s Thinkbox will not be a duo, but a trio!
Only one week after Matt, another motivated writer has appeared. Sadly, that person doesn’t have a pair of XX chromosomes either. QQ

Anyway, without further ado, I’ll let the new guy introduce himself: Meet the Brett!

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